I really hate the "N-bomb" being tossed about. One night when I was in Grad-School (people are grouchy there) some younger kids were goofing around in a computer lab calling each other "N-----" and laughing

I'm sure it's a goofy hip-hop thing...like the lowered Hondas they also had in common, but I was really offended...but not as offended as the large African American guy who also heard.

He stopped just short of violence (dissapointment) they were all scurrying around telling him "it's cool" and saying the words to Rap Songs that also used the offending word.

I thought about that for quite awhile after...The thought of these halfwitted kids yelling such a hurtfull word, throwing it around with no respect for what it signified in the lives of people.

I guess that's part of racial equality in pop culture that nobody thinks of.

The weather people around here have stopped saying "rain event" and "snow event" but...

"grow your business" is pezing from the mouths of business consultants everywhere. It works, but I'm sick of it already, particularly when they emphasize and elongate "groooooow" as if they think we are just hearing it for the first time.

By the way, ya like "pez" as a verb? I usually use it for people who have too many kids too fast.